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Casualty Info
Home Town Wayne
Casualty Date Oct 24, 1944
Cause MIA-Died in Captivity
Reason Other Cause
Location Philippines
Conflict WWII - Asiatic-Pacific Theater
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Chain of Command Col. Andrew Moses, Commanding Lt-Col. James P. Barney Maj. Ralph Hospital Maj. Harleigh Parkhurst Capt. Arthur O. Walsh Capt. Charles C. Knight, Jr. Capt. Charles W. Mays Capt. David S. Doggett Capt. Edward F. Hart Capt. Elmer R. Block Capt. Henry E. Tisdale Capt. Irwin B. Warner Capt. Leon E. Savage Capt. Melville S. Creusere Capt. Richard G. Hunter Capt. Robert H. Crosby Capt. Russell H. Dixon Capt. Wesley J. White Capt. William A. Campbell 1st Lt. Albert Brill 1st Lt. Albert J. Hastings 1st Lt. Alexander S. Bennet 1st Lt. Charles R. Carlson 1st Lt. Charles W. Hensey 1st Lt. Edward L. Strohbehn 1st Lt. Edwin V. Kerr 1st Lt. Emmett A. Niblack 1st Lt. Franklin H. Canlett 1st Lt. Fredrick B. Porter 1st Lt. Henry C. Sanderson, Jr. 1st Lt. Henry L. Kersh 1st Lt. Lawrence E. Heyduck 1st Lt. Marion P. Echols 1st Lt. Raynor Garey 1st Lt. Robert M. Montague 1st Lt. Shirley R. Hurt 1st Lt. William R. Schaefer 2nd Lt. Allen E. Smith 2nd Lt. Edward J. McGaw 2nd Lt. Edward T. Williams 2nd Lt. Frank A. Henning 2nd Lt. Harold A. Doherty 2nd Lt. Homer W. Kiefer 2nd Lt. James A. Samouce 2nd Lt. James M. Lewis 2nd Lt. Leon V. Chaplin 2nd Lt. Maurice W. Daniel 2nd Lt. Park B. Herrick 2nd Lt. Russell O. Smith 2nd Lt. William E. Waters
Other Memories The Thirteenth Field Artillery has a reputation for marching, made in France, and maintained to the present time. Our marches over the Oahu roads are frequent and are occasionally made under adverse conditions. We are handicapped with a combination of paving and grades that, during wet weather, would be impossible for horse-drawn artillery. The eighty-mile circuit road of the Island is paved for approximately fifty miles. Our permanent station, Schofield Barracks, is located on the paved section, so that we are obliged to use this paved road frequently. Our alternative is to use the dirt roads through the cane or pineapple fields, but these are impassible for trucks in wet weather. As a rule our tractor and truck columns are not permitted to use the paving during daylight so our marches usually start or finish at night. Battery "B" completed a series of test marches with Porté Artillery. These tests proved the practicability of the Class "B" Liberty Trucks for motive power, with capacity load,?gun, ammunition, and personnel, and 3-ton rubber tired trailer carrying a 5-ton Holt tractor over paved and improved roads of Oahu, under all weather conditions. The time required for loading and unloading was negligible. One march of eighty-seven miles was made in eight and one-half hours. The average of the running time was about twelve miles per hour. The regiment goes into summer camp for six weeks during the year. The last three encampments have been on the northern shore, "Windward Oahu," near Kahuku, approximately twenty-five miles from Schofield. Intensive training in man?uvring, and night firing over water with searchlight illumination is featured. A system of "battery days" was inaugurated whereby the entire organization is at the disposal of the battery officers for training one day per week. This system has continued since our return to the garrison. Due to the tropical climate we are able to man?uvre during the entire year. Our man?uvres are more or less progressive in that certain months are set aside for the Brigade, the Division, and the Department. Within the regiment we have specified days allotted to the battery (battery days), the battalion, and the regiment. These days are utilized for man?uvres to include the entire personnel and equipment, or are otherwise used for communication problems where only the headquarters of each unit functions. We anticipate the extensive man?uvres in which all troops in this Department will participate on the arrival of the combined Atlantic and Pacific Fleets in April, 1925. The 13th Field Artillery has been one of the leading regiments of the Hawaiian Division athletically in the past six months. In the Division Track and Field Meet the Regiment won the most points in the track and field events, though it was nosed out of the lead in total points by the 11th Field Artillery which won more points in military events. The tug-of-war team of this Regiment, unbeaten over a span of seven years, continued its success this year by winning the event in the Brigade and Division Track and Field Meets. This team entered competition in the Hawaiian Territorial Fair and defeated the best military, collegiate and commercial tug-of-war teams in the Islands. The Fair Commission presented each member of the team with a gold medal, emblematic of the championship of the Hawaiian Islands. The remarkable success of the 13th Field Artillery tug-of-war teams is due to systematic coaching and training of Sergeant William J. Bailey, 13th Field Artillery. The football team has just won the Schofield Barracks Championship for 1924, defeating our closest competitors by a score of 46 to 7. This is the second consecutive season that the regiment has won the Schofield Championship. The 13th Field Artillery was well represented on the team which was sent to Baltimore, Maryland, to represent the Hawaiian Division in the Olympic tryouts. Three officers and five enlisted men of the organization were selected to go. Polo in this regiment is going forward at a rapid pace. Although handicapped considerably by lack of mounts, with the few mounts assigned to a motorized regiment and more that officers have purchased from the Parker Ranch, a polo stable has been organized. The 8th Field Artillery and the 13th Field Artillery combined their efforts and a good polo field has been built. Match games have been held with the regimental teams of the Post about twice weekly. Captain Wesley J. White of this regiment has just returned from the mainland where he distinguished himself by umpiring all the recent international Polo Games at Meadow Brook, and refereeing the United States Open Polo Championship Games. On October 4th the regiment gave a dinner dance in honor of Brigadier-General Moseley the new Brigade Commander and the newly arrived officers and their families. The Lanai of the Haleiwa Hotel was the scene of the festivities and was beautifully decorated with artillery red. Music was furnished by the 13th Field Artillery Orchestra and Haleiwa Hawaiian Orchestra.